Author Archives: Zinnia Jones

About Zinnia Jones

My work focuses on insights to be found across transgender sociology, public health, psychiatry, history of medicine, cognitive science, the social processes of science, transgender feminism, and human rights, taking an analytic approach that intersects these many perspectives and is guided by the lived experiences of transgender people. I live in Orlando with my family, and work mainly in technical writing.

What we learned in April about the Florida AHCA’s Medicaid transition care exclusion Rule 59G-1.050(7) and subsequent litigation in Dekker v. Weida: Summary

Summary In August 2022, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) enacted rule 59G-1.050(7) revoking state Medicaid coverage for treatment of gender dysphoria, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and gender-affirming surgeries. This rule and the Florida Boards of Medicine’s … Continue reading

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Round two: Gender Analysis calls on Florida Boards of Medicine to stop the trans youth care bans and investigate critical irregularities in the rulemaking process

Previously: Gender Analysis calls for a hearing on the Florida Board of Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Medicine proposed trans youth care bans 64B8-9.019 and 64B15-14.014 F.A.C. (December 2, 2022) From: Zinnia Jones and Heather McNamara Gender Analysis Seminole County, … Continue reading

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Florida’s newest Boards of Medicine appointees wrote an anti-trans letter calling for gender “exploratory” therapy, citing a report of a trans teenager being involuntarily hospitalized for nearly two years

Previously: Gender Analysis calls for a hearing on the Florida Board of Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Medicine proposed trans youth care bans 64B8-9.019 and 64B15-14.014 F.A.C. Anti-trans group SEGM’s cofounder Stephen Beck is an executive at Bon Secours Mercy … Continue reading

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Anti-trans group SEGM’s cofounder Stephen Beck is an executive at Bon Secours Mercy Health, the fifth-largest Catholic healthcare network in the US

The rapid emergence of SEGM The Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) is a highly active anti-trans advocacy group founded in January 2020, with members involved in a multi-pronged effort to restrict access to gender-affirming care in Florida as well … Continue reading

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Update: Comment period on Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine trans youth care ban is extended to December 28

Previously: Gender Analysis calls for a hearing on the Florida Board of Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Medicine proposed trans youth care bans 64B8-9.019 and 64B15-14.014 F.A.C. (December 2, 2022) Tracking organized anti-trans submissions to the Florida Board of Medicine … Continue reading

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